Most of our programmes require you to submit a portfolio or a task sheet that showcase your creative abilities. Find out what you'll need to submit alongside your application here...

How to prepare your portfolio

Ever wondered how to prepare the perfect portfolio? Stuck for ideas as to what you should include? Or are you simply looking for some portfolio inspiration? Bachelor of Media Design Programme Coordinator Jim Murray takes you through how to prepare your portfolio for Media Design School's digital design courses.

Types of Portfolio

Qualification

Portfolio Type

3D Animation & Visual Effects (Bachelor of Art & Design)

General Portfolio (3D models or visualisations favoured)

Game Art (Bachelor of Creative Technologies)

General Portfolio

Game Programming (Bachelor of Software Engineering)

No Portfolio required

Graphic Design (Bachelor of Media Design)

General Portfolio

Interactive Design (Bachelor of Media Design)

General Portfolio

Motion Design (Bachelor of Media Design)

General Portfolio

Creative Advertising (Diploma in Creative Advertising)

Task Sheet for Creative Advertising

Digital Creativity

Basic Porfolio PLUS Task Sheet for Digital Creativity

Graduate Studies (Graduate Diploma in Creative Technologies)

Advanced Portolio

General Portfolio

Your portfolio is a selection of work that shows your skills and talents. It introduces you and your ideas and shows us you have the creativity and imagination to be a student at Media Design School. There are no strict rules about what you should include in your General Portfolio. As a guide, it should include a range of 12 - 20 pieces of your best works that represent who you are as a creative person. We recommend including a range of media and styles. It is not imperative you include digital artworks. Here are some of the examples you could include:

Basic Portfolio

If you are applying for the Foundation Course (Diploma in Digital Creativity) we don't expect you to have experience in the creative technologies. For a Basic Portfolio, we'll be looking for creativity and passion for the creative arts, with more emphasis on creativity than technical execution. We suggest you put together 6 - 10 pieces of work that you enjoy doing, using your favourite media:

Advanced Portfolio

If you are applying for Graduate Studies (Graduate Diploma in Creative Technologies), we assume that you will have accumulated a body of work throughout your previous study or career.

We will expect your portfolio to be of a professional standard; one that clearly indicates your areas of interest and who you are as an artist. If you are applying for the VFX or Motion Graphics streams, we would also like to see a showreel of your current works.

Task Sheets

Task Sheets give you relevant tasks to complete and submit along with your application. Download the following Task Sheets here:

Presenting and submitting your portfolio

If you've got all the pieces you want to include in your portfolio ready to go but you're not sure how to present them, then this video is for you! In the video below, Bachelor of Media Design Programme Coordinator Jim Murray takes you through how to prepare and submit your portfolio for Media Design School's digital design courses.